CVE-2023-43608 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A data integrity vulnerability exists in the BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.

Published: 2023-12-05

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Buildroot

Buildroot

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2023.08.1`	affected	—
`dev commit 622698d7847`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:buildroot:buildroot:2023.08.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-48014	A data integrity vulnerability exists in the BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/11/1
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1845
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1845

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1845

Subscriptions

Buildroot Buildroot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2023-12-05T11:30:10.151Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:25:10.555Z

Reserved: 2023-10-13T15:58:39.388Z

Link: CVE-2023-43608

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-05T12:15:42.467

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:06.997

Link: CVE-2023-43608

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-494

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